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assumer: Conjugation

The assumer conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb assumer according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of assumer, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of assumer at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
j' assume tu assumes il/elle assume nous assumons vous assumez ils/elles assument Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai assumé tu as assumé il/elle a assumé nous avons assumé vous avez assumé ils/elles ont assumé Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' assumais tu assumais il/elle assumait nous assumions vous assumiez ils/elles assumaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais assumé tu avais assumé il/elle avait assumé nous avions assumé vous aviez assumé ils/elles avaient assumé Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' assumerai tu assumeras il/elle assumera nous assumerons vous assumerez ils/elles assumeront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai assumé tu auras assumé il/elle aura assumé nous aurons assumé vous aurez assumé ils/elles auront assumé Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' assumerais tu assumerais il/elle assumerait nous assumerions vous assumeriez ils/elles assumeraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais assumé tu aurais assumé il/elle aurait assumé nous aurions assumé vous auriez assumé ils/elles auraient assumé Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' assume tu assumes il/elle assume nous assumions vous assumiez ils/elles assument Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie assumé tu aies assumé il/elle ait assumé nous ayons assumé vous ayez assumé ils/elles aient assumé Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' assumai tu assumas il/elle assuma nous assumâmes vous assumâtes ils/elles assumèrent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus assumé tu eus assumé il/elle eut assumé nous eûmes assumé vous eûtes assumé ils/elles eurent assumé Pronounce these verb forms

This verb follows the so-called regular -er verb pattern, the pattern followed by vast majority of verbs of the language, and by practically all new verbs entering the language.

The regular -er pattern has the following defining features:

• No characteristic consonant (contrast, for example, with verbs following the finir or dormir patterns, which have a characteristic -ss- and -m- in all forms but the present tense singular);
• No vowel change in the stem, other than where necessary to respect general patterns of French phonology (e.g. see préférer)²;
• Past participle in -é¹.

1. Outside the regular -er paradigm, only aller, être and naître have past participles ending in -é.
2. Many other verb patterns, except verbs of the finir type plus a few other patterns, have an irregular vowel change, e.g. boire > je bois vs nous buvons. See the grammar section on irregular verb patterns in French for a list of the different vowel changes.